Thank you Opus 17, this is VERY helpful! It is the scenario I was thinking. I'll let the IRS determine how they want to figure that out. My son's income is relatively low, (less than $21,000) and he was able to save $5k on his own and pay his own bills, have taxes taken out, and pay "all" the household bills. The total amount of monthly expenses would be divided with 4 people and at minimum per the IRS to determine support, and his portion would have equal over $10k just for my son alone to prove that he provided over half of his support, and that's a huge burden. I believe based on past conversations, his contributions are around $500 or $700 tops. He also lived with me through May of 2018, which only gives him 8 months worth of expenses. And that's because 30% of his income is rent for HIS own income. Please let me know if you have additional feedback; otherwise, I will post what happens when I file. But it won't be for a while because I filed an extension and am in no rush at this point.
